Stories from Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Human remains found last summer have been positively identified as Aimee Rose Ross, a Poplar Bluff woman reported missing in May 2023. Butler County Coroner Jim Akers reported the body was discovered in rural Butler County by a farmer. The Butler County Major Case squad, composed of police, sheriff’s deputies, and highway patrol, was activated to investigate...

A fatal shooting Tuesday is being investigated by Butler County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies and investigators were on the scene as of 8:30 p.m., following a shooting three hours earlier, Sheriff Mark Dobbs said. The residence was located in the 600 block of Butler County Road 544 in eastern Butler County...

Mary Frances Poindexter, 78, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, died. Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024, in Fenton, Missouri. The wake will be at noon Thursday, March 7, at Lively Stone Church, Poplar Bluff. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. and the repast immediately following...

Brandi Wilson, 46, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri passed away, March 2, 2024, at her residence. She was born Sept. 14, 1977, at Poplar Bluff, to Ron Ridge and Donna “VanDover” Ridge. On Sept. 23, 1995, at Fairdealing, Missouri, she was married to Mark Wilson. He survives...

Eric Dewey Hicks, 56, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Sunday, March 3, 2024, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Eric was born Dec. 6, 1967 in Poplar Bluff, to Edward Hicks, II and Joyce (Sparks) Hicks. He lived in Poplar Bluff all of his life. Eric enjoyed cooking, baking, woodworking, traveling, and guns. He loved to spend time with his family, especially his grandchildren...

Karen Lavette (Stovall) Dodd, 66, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri passed away Feb. 24, 2024, in her home. Karen was born Sept. 21, 1957, in Charlottesville, Virginia to Fred and Lena (Monroe) Stovall. On Sept. 6, 1979, after a one-year courtship, she married the love of her life, Thomas Dodd, after which their family became complete with two sons and one daughter...

Human remains found last summer have been positively identified as Aimee Rose Ross, a Poplar Bluff woman reported missing in May 2023.

Joseph Victor (Joe) Knodell, 78, of Creve Coeur, Missouri, died Sunday, March 3, 2024. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, 2024, at Cotrell Willow Ridge Funeral & Cremation Services. Funeral services will start at 11 a.m. be on Thursday, March 7, 2024 at Westwood Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff...

Everyone was crazy for a “sharp-dressed man” as people filled the seats Saturday night at the Rodgers Theatre.

Zachary Nowell usually enjoys relaxing on Mondays because that is one of his days off from work, but Nowell decided to go to the Greater Poplar Bluff Area Chamber of Commerce to donate his time and his blood.

An individual came to the front desk Monday, March 4, in reference to someone hacking a Facebook account and sending photos she did not give permission to send. The investigation continues. _ Poplar Bluff School District reported Monday, March 4, someone had forged a check. This investigation continues...

A series of oopses have caught up with Butler County after a 1974 audit. Fortunately, State Auditor John Ashcroft believes the situation is an honest mistake. Officials are cooperating with him to correct the numbers.